onan marquise gold 5500 gen
will start and run for a few seconds and stop. Just installed new carbruator. will it run without fuel filter? or buy another.
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do you know how to read fault codes on your gen? your problem may well not be fuel related, but a problem in generator end or controls. If the generator is not producing electricity, due to a problem in gen end, it will give same symptoms you describe. If you have an operator's manual, you can read how to get fault code any time genset shuts off. That will help you to know which system is failing. You may simply need to clean rotor slip rings and inspect field brushes. Or possibly more complicated problem such as open/shorted rotor or stator, or bad control board. as for running with or without fuel filter, note that first fuel filter is at fuel pump inlet, and ONAN has done away with filter at carb. on replacement carbs.
